We’ve covered a number of these “helping hands” jigs, but as far as I’m concerned, you can’t have too many, or too many “arms” on the ones you have. This one uses the Snap Flow/Loc-line hosing for the arms we’ve been seeing a lot of lately and magnetized bases so you can move them into […]
Interesting beginner electronic kit- A NerdKit is a combination of electronic parts and wisdom, which together will teach you about digital electronics, embedded systems, and how to bridge computers with the “real world”. The electronics world has changed dramatically in the past few decades. We want to make sure that it’s still easy to get […]
Simple lock project (kit available too) – There are six (or more) push switches. To ‘unlock’ you must press all the correct ones at the same time, but not press any of the cancel switches. Pressing just one cancel switch will prevent the circuit unlocking. When the circuit unlocks it actually just turns on an […]
Gio writes – Similar to some of the other 41hz.com kits featured on Make, the AMP6 is a simple and inexpensive DIY Class-T Amplifier kit. Despite the low cost of the kit and efficient power consumption (similar to that of a Class D design), the AMP6 delivers very good sound. AMP6 T-Amp: DIY Class-T amplifier […]
It’s been a year since our last open source gift guide – this year there is so much going on in the world of MAKE, open source, and beyond that we have a series of gift guides for this holiday season. The first one is our open source hardware gift guide – these are physical […]
Jake von Slatt has posted an update to his Gas Mask Respirator page at the Steampunk Workshop. He writes: Sometimes when I’m working in the shop I just need to wear a respirator for a short period. For instance if I just need to walk into the paint area to shoot a second coat on […]
Ryan sent in this pretty nice solderless RC car kit – Build your own radio-controlled rover, no soldering required. It’s a Dr.Toy winner from Elenco’s Snap-Circuits” series. The 30-piece kit includes a multi-function wireless remote, turning controls, head and sidelights, and sound effects. An easy-to-follow manual includes instructions for over (20) projects. RC rover kit […]
